Mop frame



Feb. 17, 1925.

MOP FRAME Filed April 4. 1924 Patented Feb. 17, 1925.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

EDMOND PHILEMON BEAUDET, 0F MONTREAL, QUEBEC, CANADA, ASSIGNOR TO ALICE COON GRANT, OF MONTREAL, QUEBEC, CANADA.

MOP FRAME.

Application led April 4, 1924. Serial No. 704,232.

To all whom t concern:

Be it known that I, EDMOND PHiLnMoN BnAUDEn a subject of the King of Great Britain, and resident of Montreal, Province' of Quebec, Canada, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Mop Frames, and do hereby declare that the f ollowing is a full, clear, and exact description of same.

This invention relates to frames upon which mop cloths, swabs or the like are stretched in operative position, such frames being adapted to fold up or collapseto loosen the cloth preparatory to its being wrung out or replaced by a new cloth.

The ultimate requirement in mop frames is the achievement of a frame which while capable of being readily made effectively rigid in its extended position as to adequately maintain and carry the cloth in lts operative distended condition can with facility be collapsed and folded to loosen the cloth, and withal of such simple construction as to ensure economy in construction and assembly.

This invention, therefore, has been conceived with the object of providing a mop 1 frame which mymeans of a novel assembly of simply formed members reduces the component parts of the frame to a minimum without prejudice to effective co-operation in the securance of its stretching and collapsing functions to the end that a frame is produced which in its economy of manufacture, ease of assembly and operation results in an article of greater utilitarian value than heretofore produced.

The novel constructional features and advantages will be hereinafter more fully described in the specification and particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

For full comprehension, ho-wever, of my invention reference should be had to the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification, in which the same4 reference numerals indicate the same parts and wherein:

Fig. l is a plan view of the frame in extended position, with cloth attached, a portion of the bridge member being broken away to expose the interior, the collapsed position of the frame being indicated in dotted lines; and

Fig. 2 is a perspective View of the frame, while approaching its locked extended position.

As shown in the drawings the mop frame, of general elongated form, consists of a pair of `oppositely disposed relatively movable U-shaped frame pieces 2 with their inner ends adjoining through the medium of a bridge piece or mounting 3 which functions to lock the frame pieces 2 together, the bridge piece carrying a handle socket to be hereinafter referred to and the mop cloth fl being attached to the outer ends of the frame piece 2, in a suitable manner.

The bridge piece comprises a flat plate like top 3 with downturned side margins 5, the

inner adjoining ends of the frame pieces 2 being disposed between the side margin and pivotally connected thereto, the pivotal connections between the bridge piece and frame pieces being effected in a loose manner producing a sliding pivot-al attachment whereby the pivoted ends of the frame pieces can, in a combined swinging and sliding movement, move transversely with relation to the bridge piece and slip into or out of notches 6 acting to retain the frame pieces 2 in extended position in substantial alignment with the bridge piece.

Either of the frame pieces 2 or both, as shown in dotted lines Fig. l, when free of the notches 6 are permitted to swing down and fold so that their outer ends approach each other thus loosening the cloth and permitting the latter to be squeezed or wrung out or the cloth replaced by a new one. lVhen adjusting the mop to operative position the outer ends of the frame pieces 2 are spread apart preferably by resting them upon some convenient surface and exerting pressure thereon through the medium of the handle, thus stretching the cloth from the loose condition shown in dotted lines Fig. l, progressively through the partially spread position illustrated in Fig. 2, to the taut fully spread position shown in full lines F l, the sliding pivotal connection provided for the inner ends of the frame pieces enabling the latter to be moved into the notches 6 where they are retained their extended position against accidental displacement.

The above novel combination of parts has the ends of the plate, a pair of ears struck up from the top of the plate; a. handle socket pivoted to said ears, and a pair of frame pieces formed of resilient material bent into 5 U-form with the free ends of the leg porin the side portions of the mounting plate,

such leg portions being adapted to be sprung 10 EDMOND PHILEMON BEAUDET. 

